Compared with criminal cases, civil cases have been much lighter when it comes to accountability.

In accordance with the relevant regulations, Yuan Keli transferred the Dongjia land property to the poor by means of refund and redemption at a flat price.

Because Yuan Keli is more proficient in the law, his approach is also within the limits of the law, so that the Dong family can't say anything about their suffering, and it can be regarded as treating others in the way of others.

By the time the disposal was completed, there were less than three out of ten of the Dongjia's land left, and the poor people had benefited a lot. This time, the civil unrest was quelled.

In the new year, 86-year-old Dong Fen and his grandson 36-year-old Dong Sicheng passed away one after another, obviously in the whole thing, frightened, worried, angry, sad, and over-negative.

Chongzhen's expression was very strange after hearing this, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Chen Hongmi's story also fell silent, and he only reacted halfway through the story, the topic he transferred in order to draw Chongzhen out of the tip of the bull's horns was more confusing than the original question. But since it has been said, let's tell the truth, there is no need and there is no concealment.

After a while, Chongzhen said: "I also heard your story when I was a child, and the folk called it the 'Huzhou case', but there is a big gap between the version I heard and what you told, and I didn't react for a while." It wasn't until the end when you talked about the results that I realized that you were talking about the Huzhou case. ”

Of course, Chen Hongmi had also heard the version of folklore, explaining: "Wucheng, where the Dong family is located, and the surrounding counties belong to Huzhou. The folk legends that His Majesty said, the ministers have also heard that the Dong Fan family was described as heinous, and the dismissed officials were described as fearless of power, and the final outcome was to handle the two Dong Fan families impartially, punish the Dong Fan family, and distribute the land to the people by the two families. Folklore is naturally passed down by the relevant people, and what is said is naturally from the position of the people, and even these legends are transmitted by the people who benefited from the near civil change at that time, of course, they must be described in this way. ”

Chongzhen nodded, and asked in a somewhat fluctuating tone: "What the Dong Fan family did was really within the limits of the law?" ”

Chen Hongmi nodded without hesitation and said: "Dong Fen is an old fox, he clinged to Yan Song when he was an official, but he was not liquidated with Yan Song and his party, but he was impeached and dismissed, and he has already retreated." If it weren't for Ouyang Yijing, who impeached him back then, he might not necessarily be implicated. ”

Chongzhen heard Ouyang Yijing's name, and his expression was also surprised.

Ouyang Yijing can be said to be the most legendary and accomplished official in the entire Ming Dynasty, and he only loves to impeach illegal officials in his life. Ouyang Yijing impeached more than 20 civil and military officials above the third rank in his life, one marquis and two earls, all of them succeeded, and none of them failed. Among them, it even includes the Taishi Gao Gong who has been circling between the two generations of power ministers Yan Song and Xu Jie. It wasn't until the high arch made a comeback that Ouyang Yijing had no choice but to wash his hands in a golden basin and resign and go home. It needs Ouyang Yijing to be impeached, and it can even be used as a manifestation of ability.

Chen Hongmi continued: "Dong Fen's actions are despicable from a moral point of view, but his mind and ability are extraordinary. In the 30 years since he returned home, he has never complained about it, and he has rarely been depressed or lost, and he has lived until he is 86 years old. After the investigation of Lianjie Huangong, he did not find that his family had the slightest transgression of the law, which shows his ability and rigor in governing the family. ”

After a pause, he said: "What kind of person Jiehuan Gong is, Your Majesty also knows. If his family has the slightest illegality, not to mention that the festival will not hide it for him on weekdays, under the circumstances at that time, the worry is that he can't find his family's fault, and he will do small things to calm down the people's grievances. When the Duke of Jiehuan specifically found his family's mistakes, he was still flawless, obviously his people usually run the family and were rigorous to the extreme. ”

In the end, Chen Hongmi's words were a little embarrassed: "Dong Fen died in the second year after that, not so much because of excessive grief and indignation, but because he was forced to check and fill in the gaps the year before, and fought with the Jiehuan Gong, and died of exhaustion, after all, he was eighty-six years old." ”

Chongzhen's face became more and more serious after hearing this, if these officials can be so rigorous when they do things for the country and the people, why can't Daming be able to prosper again? It's a pity that they spend almost all their energy on making a living, and those who can put three or five points of energy into their work are already loyal ministers.

After thinking about it, Chongzhen still had questions: "It's just that Dong Fen is acting carefully, what is the matter with Fan Yingqi?" The Fan family is also so thorough? ”

Chen Hongmi thought for a while before saying, "This minister is not very clear. However, I think it is only two aspects, one is that when Fan Yingqi was the champion in the middle of the term, it was when Dong Fen dismissed the former secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the two were fellow villagers, which was almost equivalent to Fan Yingqi being Dong Fen's disciple and successor. So since Fan Yingzhi was an official in Beijing, his family business in his hometown has been taken care of by Dong Fen, who has returned to his hometown, so the two families seem to be divided, but in fact, Dong Fen is in charge of affairs behind the scenes. The second is that Fan Yingqi is innocent, so he can't bear it after being humiliated, the whole thing is actually the Dong family is the key, the Fan family is just a gentleman who is also a fellow villager, and he mistakenly hit the deputy car. ”

Chen Hongmi's official has always relied on uprightness and popularity, and rarely comes into contact with conspiracy, but Chongzhen has fought with Wei Zhongxian and defeated the strong with the weak, and won the battle, and is quite sensitive to conspiracy.

After thinking for a while, Chongzhen said quietly: "Actually, there is still a possibility. ”

Under Chen Hongmi's surprised gaze, Chongzhen did not sell Guanzi: "Fan Yingzhi is in the capital all the year round, and his family may have been controlled by Dong Fen for a long time. After Fan Yingzhi returned home, he realized that Dong Sicheng just provoked the people's rebellion, and Dong Fen led the people's rebellion to Fan's house, one is to destroy the evidence, and the other is to kill people. In other words, Fan Yingji was hanged to death. If Fan Yingji's wife had been in the capital, she might not know this, and she would have been deceived by Dong Fen, and the complaint was guided by Dong Fen. If Fan Yingzhi's wife is in her hometown all the year round, she may even be Dong Fen's accomplice, and the lawsuit is against the officials who took over the people's petition. ”

Chongzhen continued to refine his reasoning as he spoke: "As a result, they didn't expect that things would be too big, and the Zhejiang officials had no charter, and they were seconded to such a powerful person as Jiehuangong. Dong Fen's work is not leaky, but he can't hide it from the eyes of the public law. But one is that he did it perfectly, and with the ability of Jiehuangong, he can only make judgments, but he can't find evidence, and the second is that Fan Yingqi himself is really innocent, and Jiehuangong doesn't want him to have a dirty reputation after his death, so he chooses to hide it. However, Duke Jiehuan did not want the murderer to escape justice, so he used a conspiracy to distribute the Dong family's land to the people, which not only punished the Dong family, but also benefited the people. But the murderer is still at large, so Jie Huangong intimidated the ancestors of the Dong family again, making it look like he might have more clues at any time, so that in the new year, the ancestors and grandchildren of the Dong family died of fear one after another. ”